A Halloween Re-Rerun!

And this little piggy said, "Re!  Re!  Re!" all the way home.  

And she made sure a Wolfie was chasing her.

Looks like the October full moon came a re bit early for Halloween this year-- so allow me to compensate.

And salivate.

Saturday Morning Color Cartoons!

They don't have cartoons on Saturday mornings any more, do they?  Not that that matters, with all-cartoon TV channels, DVD's, the Interweb, and so on and so forth.

But for any of you who might miss that tradition, wrap a paper towel around your hot, lip-burning Pop-Tart, keep your toxically-sugared cereal in the bowl and off the carpet, and enjoy the WolfieToons!

Starting with Hat Trick, the magical bunny!

Here Comes Paddle-Cat To the Rescue!

Do not attempt adjust your television set, this one actually IS black-and-white, but the characters are colorful!  Boop gets bopped!

EEK!  It's a MOUSE!!

Forrre! And Five! Six! And Seven!!

I'm not much of a sports fan, but I did notice the PGA has its Open Championship going on, and while you wouldn't think a game in which the winner has the least amount of strokes would inspire me, I have done golf-related cartoons.  Like so:

Here's the original sketch for that-- you can see I decided the guy should be a lefty.

And while we're in Scotland, let's stop off at that magical, mystical place--

Fairy Tails, Part One

Happy Groundhog Day!

And we're not talking pork sausage here!  

Accordion to my German ancestors, 

today the groundhog, also known as the woodchuck,

will peek out of his cozy groundhole, and if it's cloudy--

 Spring will come early!

But-- if Chuck sees his shadow, 

Winter persists another six weeks!!.

Now, all that doesn't sound strictly scientific, 

however, it did lead to two WolfieToons!

This one, for various reasons, was never published!

As a matter of fact, I don't know why it's here now.  

However, I re-did the joke some time later with a better cartoon!

So enjoy the day, and if you see Bill Murray, tell him I said, "Hey."

So enjoy the day, and if you see Bill Murray, tell him I said, "Hey."

WolfieWork

I enjoy peeks "behind the scenes" and peeks at behinds, so here is a little of both:  the evolution of one of my WolfieToons!  

First, there's a finished, fairly "tight" pencil drawing.  A heavier paper is a good idea so that the ink will go on nice and smooth and not come to pieces under the eraser.  I used a 2-ply Bristol here. 

Now I went over it in ink, embellishing along the way:  I've experimented with a lot of pens and even brushes;  this was done with art pen that is a combination.  It has a flexible "nib" that creates thick and thin lines, depending on how you hold it.   The lines then give a pleasing illusion of depth and weight.  Drawing proper perspective is still elusive, but I'm impatient and had a deadline.  

Music in the background helps;  my "Pandora" stations include Beatles and Big Band swing.  

Then the pencil marks were erased and it was ready to scan.  Black ink boo-boos and unwanted bits can always be taken out with white paint, or, of course, with the computer.  I really prefer to have as little "touch-up" as possible.  

Finally comes the lettering and coloring, and behold!  A woman really enjoying herself.  You, too, I hope!

More Santa Spankings!

I'm surprised to find out, in this nearly total electronic communication age, that some kids actually still write honest-to-Odin letters to Santa Clause!  On paper!  With envelopes and stamps!!

Which put me in mind of this WolfieToon;  I've shown it here before-- 

--but not its sequel!  

My buddy PHIL "OVERBARREL" insisted there should be a sequel! 

 Now, late in 2008, my scanner blew up and I couldn't replace it for a while.  I also had limited graphics goodies.  So, those two 'toons were done on an earlier version of Windows "Paint."  With a mouse!

There sure are a lot of Santa Spankings around.  I just found out, the last few years, that in some places holiday hidings were handed out by the Christmas devil Krampus-- who finally has his own movie coming out this season-- leaving Saint Nick free to disperse jos and toys.

But, in our crowd, toys and joys can also be Kringle Tingles!

(RICH and PIXIE having a whale of a time!)

And as a figure of loving authority, being tummy-side down on Santa's lap can make sense.  Certainly a lot more sense than BEING PAPER-TRAINED BY YOUR PUPPY  or  GETTING PADDLED BY YOUR PACHYDERM!

 Chross just updated his list of St Nick pics (including the aforementioned Krampus and a few WolfieToons!)  which you can peruse HERE--

And here's one more Clause-themed cartoon from moi!

Somethin' Stupid, And Not By Frank And Nancy Sinatra

And now for something completely different...

A Circus Girl being spanked by her Elephant.

(Click for a bigger view)

Now, you may ask, "What's the story here?!"  Well, that's for you to decide, and share below, if you'd like.  I can't always come up with everything around here, y'know. 

Here's some musical accompaniment:

But the actual inspiration for this was viewing an episode of "The Hollywood Palace" from the 60's that's now on YouTube.   Who else would see a performing elephant and think of that cartoon?

In case you're "very" young, "The Hollywood Palace" was a variety show-- sort of Vaudeville for television-- in which each week, a different Big Star would host a show full of singers, dancers, comics, animal acts, people on top of eighty-foot poles, and more.  

It's still pretty entertaining, so you should check it out on YouTube, especially because these old tapes include the original commercials for cigars, cigarettes, margarine, floor wax, and hair care products. (Holey Socks, I used "Groom 'N' Clean" in 7th grade!!  Then I switched to "Vitalis," then I desisted altogether..)

I suppose some Xmas 'Toons will be showing up here soon!

Happy Howl-o-ween, You Pranksters!

Sure, enjoy yourselves, you mischievous miscreants, but just remember that "prank" and "spank" rhyme!

(I hope it won't spoil any of the fun if I point out the raven perched upon the bust of Pallas above many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore! 

And, just for grins, here's what that cartoon looked like at first!

Mind you, even Invisible Pranksters will be caught!  (Thanks to Charlie "Tunasheart" for reminding me about this one!)

Ooh, speaking of holiday flicks, remember "Night Of The Licking Dead?"

(I'd used part of that cartoon to illustrate THIS PREVIOUS HALLOWEEN OFFERING! )

Have Fun With Warm Buns!!

Sequential

Bare

Panties

Bare

Panties

Bare

Panties

Bare

Panties

Bear Panties

A Fibhood!

Happy Keister!

And it would seem she has one!  

If you celebrate, may it be a joyous time!

Happy St. Paddy's To Ye!